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The greatest battle needs the greatest of warriors. The siege of Troy is in its ninth year. But Troy still stands. When Agamemnon is threatened with mutiny by disillusioned troops, he changes tactics. Ordering attacks on Troy’s allies, he deprives the city of reinforcements, trade and supplies. Yet even this does not draw the Trojans out from behind their walls. Meanwhile, Odysseus, Eperitus and their men have become hardened soldiers. Odysseus just wants to return home to his island Kingdom of Ithaca.

So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy and stupid), whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close to her. Lewis...

La battaglia raccontata da Omero nel XXII libro dell'Iliade resta ancora oggi uno dei momenti più intensi della letteratura occidentale. Una narrazione a distanza di migliaia di anni mantiene intatta la sua infinita bellezza e la sua incredibile intensità emotiva. L'epico scontro tra Achille ed Ettore è senza dubbio uno dei passi più drammatici di tutta l'Iliade. L'invincibile semidio greco, infatti, sfida l'eroe dei troiani in un duello già deciso dal fato e dagli dei.